{"id":94527,"date":"2017-01-26T09:12:52","date_gmt":"2017-01-26T09:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=94527"},"modified":"2017-01-26T09:12:52","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T09:12:52","slug":"x-men-tv-series-pilot-gets-bryan-singer-as-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/news\/x-men-tv-series-pilot-gets-bryan-singer-as-director\/","title":{"rendered":"X Men TV series pilot gets Bryan Singer as director"},"content":{"rendered":"

It looks like the wheels are moving faster on Fox’s upcoming X-Men<\/em><\/strong> TV series than we had previously thought. Having previously confirmed that Burn Notice<\/strong><\/em> creator Matt Nix would serve as executive producer on the recently ordered pilot, we know now that Bryan Singer will direct the pilot episode.<\/p>\n

Having directed four out of the six main X-Men<\/strong><\/em> movies, it’s undeniable that Singer is familiar with the characters, even if X-Men: Apocalypse<\/em><\/strong> showed that he doesn’t necessarily get<\/em> them anymore.<\/p>\n

Bryan Singer will helm the X-Men TV pilot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Speaking at the TCAs, fellow exec producer Lauren Shuler Donner indicated that unlike FX’s Legion<\/strong><\/em> series and the recent Deadpool<\/strong><\/em> movie, this will fit in with Fox’s established cinematic universe, saying: \u201cMatt\u2019s is much more a part of just the world in terms of there are mutants, mutants are hated and there are Sentinels \u2014 though very different from what we\u2019ve seen before. You feel like you\u2019re here in the X-Men world. With Legion<\/em><\/strong>, we\u2019re our own universe. It gives Noah the freedom to do what he wants to do. Because we play with so many different timelines, and we rebooted and not really rebooted and all that, we felt like, OK, we\u2019re going to throw it out there and hope the fans accept it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even so, it’s a bit of a risk. While there is a cinematic universe of sorts, the continuity can charitably be described as muddled – we get headaches just trying to fit everything together in our heads. Hopefully this will concentrate more on being its own beast rather than connecting with everything that came before it, but we’ll wait and see.<\/p>\n

The synopsis for the series tells of \u201ctwo ordinary parents who discover their children possess mutant powers. Forced to go on the run from a hostile government, the family joins up with an underground network of mutants and must fight to survive,\u201d with Nix and Shuler Donner executive producing alongside Simon Kinberg,\u00a0Jeph<\/span><\/span> Loeb and Jim <\/span><\/span>Chory.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

A release date for Fox’s as-yet untitled X-Men<\/em> TV series is yet to be announced. For all the latest movie news, pick up the new issue of SciFiNow.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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